Bulgarian Consulate General in Niš

No visa is needed by Serbian citizens for Bulgaria, for stays of up to 90 days.

2025 figures: 722 short-stay Schengen visa applications were lodged at Bulgaria’s consulate general in Niš, and 652 visas were issued. 4 applications were refused, a refusal rate of 0.6%. That is barely different from 2024 (0.3%). Applications fell by 25% compared with 2024 (961).

Bulgaria issues Schengen visas at 2 locations in Serbia; this office handled 42% of their 1,705 applications in 2025. Refusal rates elsewhere: Belgrade 1.5%, which makes Niš the lowest of the group. Each office serves the applicants who live in its own consular district, so the rates also reflect who applies where, not only how strictly files are assessed.

Across all Schengen consulates in Serbia, 5.7% of applications were refused in 2025; Bulgaria’s rate worldwide was 12.5%. Bulgaria received the 5th largest number of applications of the 20 Schengen states represented here.

44.2% of the visas issued here were multiple-entry visas, valid for several trips. Bulgaria only began issuing Schengen visas on 31 March 2024, so its 2024 figures cover part of the year. The statistics count applications, not people, and include every nationality that applies here, not only citizens of Serbia.

The Bulgarian embassy is in Belgrade, about 201 km away. Besides the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš, Bulgaria has 2 other missions in Serbia. Consulates: Belgrade. Serbia in turn has an embassy in Sofia.

About the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš

It appears in official lists as Consulate General of Bulgaria in Niš. A consulate does consular work for a region: passports, certificates and help for nationals in difficulty.

Address and contact

Address: Лоле Рибара 19, Niš. The record for the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš includes a phone number, an e-mail address and an official website.

Bulgarian citizens travelling to Serbia

Serbia admits Bulgarian citizens without a visa for stays of up to 90 days.

When the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš is closed

The Bulgarian consulate general in Niš closes on Serbia’s public holidays, the next being Armistice Day (Dan primirja) on Wednesday 11 November 2026 and New Year's Day (Nova Godina) on Friday 1 January 2027, and usually on holidays of Bulgaria such as Christmas Eve on Thursday 24 December 2026.

Before visiting the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš

Current procedures for the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš, including any appointment system, are on its official website, linked on this page.

Near the Bulgarian consulate general in Niš

The Bulgarian consulate general in Niš has one other foreign mission within 1 km.